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Saints Edith and Æthelthryth: Princesses, Miracle Workers, and their Late Medieval Audience narrates the lives of two Anglo-Saxon princesses who were venerated as saints long after their deaths. St Edith, the daughter of King Edgar, was renowned as a patron of the arts and the church during her lifetime; her posthumous miracles included protection of Wilton Abbey and the English royal family. St Æthelthryth, who retained her virginity through not one but two royal marriages, also worked numerous miracles at her tomb at the Abbey of Ely. The poems, composed at Wilton Abbey in the early fifteenth century, allow us to see how late medieval religious women practised their devotion to early medieval women saints. The Middle English verse texts are presented here in the original and in translation with explanatory notes and glossary. A thorough introduction provides extensive contextualization and analysis of the two poems as well as description of the manuscript and its language and prosody. These primary source texts are important contributions to the study of English history, language, literature, religion, and women's studies.

Christian spirituality --- Edith of Wilton --- Christian women saints --- Christian poetry, English (Middle) --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Poésie chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- Poetry. --- History and criticism. --- Poésie --- Histoire et critique --- Edith, --- Aethelthryth, --- History and criticism --- Etheldreda, --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Poésie chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- Poésie --- Edith de Wilton --- Poetry --- Etheldreda --- Christian poetry [English ] (Middle) --- Christian women saints - Poetry --- Christian poetry, English (Middle) - History and criticism --- Etheldreda regina abb. Eliensis --- Editha abb. Wiltoniensis --- Edith, - Saint, - d. ca. 986 - Poetry --- Etheldreda, - Queen of Northumbria, - 630-679 - Poetry --- Edith, - Saint, - d. ca. 986 --- Etheldreda, - Queen of Northumbria, - 630-679 --- Edith (sainte) --- Poésie chrétienne --- Poésie anglaise --- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais)